Gate of Youth

Gate of Youth

1981 ja 140 minutes

Rating: 7.3

Plot

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.

Trailer

Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shigezo Ibuki

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

Tae Ibuki

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Shisuke Ibuki

Kaoru Sugita

Kaoru Sugita

Orie Maki

Hitomi Kageyama

Hitomi Kageyama

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Chota

Taiko Shinbashi

Taiko Shinbashi

Masae Maki

Aoi Nakajima

Aoi Nakajima

Kimiyo Hirai

Junichi Ishida

Junichi Ishida

Hirano

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Sakae Umezu

Sakae Umezu

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

Ichimura

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Kazuo Katō

Kazuo Katō

Owner

Shinji Kanai

Shinji Kanai

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Saburo Tokito

Saburo Tokito

Haruo

Kōji Hio

Kōji Hio

Manabu Morita

Manabu Morita

Keijirō Shiga

Keijirō Shiga

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Kanayama

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Sen Okaji

Sen Okaji

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Satoru Nabe

Satoru Nabe

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Katsutoshi Akiyama

Masako Araki

Masako Araki

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Hanezawa

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Narrator (voice)

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Yabetora

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Ryugoro Hanawa

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